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Building Linux kernel on macOS natively

Building Linux kernel on macOS natively

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·July 3, 2025
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hard_times

Excuse me, it took the auther 30-40 seconds (0m33.260s) to build the Linux kernel on an M2 with 32GB RAM? Surely that's a typo?

dgl

With make allnoconfig it also takes <30s on a recent-ish Intel CPU (12th gen; i7 12700). As low as 20s if it's cached and with make -j20.

rascul

Looks like they're doing allnoconfig so there's not much to build.

adtac

1. modern computers are insanely fast

2. they compiled a version of the kernel with as many configurable options disabled as possible

3. modern computers are insanely fast

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fossa1

This kind of work reminds me of early WSL1-era hacks

pbronez

The related Starina OS project looks pretty cool

https://docs.starina.dev/comparison-with-others

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